[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 135 (Wednesday, July 15, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 38154]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-18854]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


Submission For OMB Review; Comment Request

    DOC has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for 
clearance the following proposal for collection of information under 
the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. chapter 35).
    Agency: Bureau of the Census.
    Title: Survey of Income and Program Participation 1996 Panel Wave 
9.
    Form Number(s): SIPP 16905(L) Director's Letter, CAPI Instrument.
    Agency Approval Number: 0607-0813.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 117,800 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 77,700.
    Avg Hours Per Response: Half an hour.
    Needs and Uses: The Bureau of the Census conducts the Survey of 
Income and Program Participation (SIPP) to collect information from a 
sample of households concerning the distribution of income received 
directly as money or indirectly as in-kind benefits. SIPP data are used 
by economic policymakers, the Congress, state and local governments, 
and Federal agencies that administer social welfare and transfer 
payment programs such as the Department of Health and Human Services, 
the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and the Department of 
Agriculture.
    The SIPP is a longitudinal survey, in that households in the panel 
are interviewed 12 times at 4 month intervals or waves over the life of 
the panel, making the duration of the panel about 4 years. The next 
panel of households will be introduced in the year 2000.
    The survey is molded around a central core of labor force and 
income questions, health insurance questions, and questions concerning 
government program participation that remain fixed throughout the life 
of a panel. The core questions are asked at Wave 1 and are updated 
during subsequent interviews. The core is supplemented with additional 
questions or topical modules designed to answer specific needs.
    This request is for clearance of the topical modules to be asked 
during Wave 9 of the 1996 Panel. The core questions have already been 
cleared. Topical modules for waves 10 through 12 will be cleared later. 
The topical modules for Wave 9 are: 1) Assets, Liabilities, and 
Eligibility, 2) Medical Expenses/Utilization of Health Care Services, 
and 3) Work Related Expenses and Child Support Paid. Wave 9 interviews 
will be conducted from December 1998 through March 1999.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Frequency: Every 4 months.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C, Section 182.
    OMB Desk Officer: Nancy Kirkendall, (202) 395-7313.
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing Linda Engelmeier, DOC Forms Clearance Officer, 
(202) 482-3272, Department of Commerce, room 5312, 14th and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to Nancy Kirkendall, OMB Desk Officer, room 10201, New Executive Office 
Building, Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: July 9, 1998.
Linda Engelmeier,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of Management and 
Organization.
[FR Doc. 98-18854 Filed 7-14-98; 8:45 am]
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